Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt

Preferred Label : Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt;

NCIt synonyms : TIPS;

NCIt definition : An interventional radiologic procedure in which a shunt is created in the liver that establishes communication between the portal vein and hepatic vein for the treatment of portal hypertension. The shunt is created using an image-guided endovascular approach, with the jugular vein as the entry site.;

Details

Origin ID

C126288;

UMLS CUI

C0339897;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Counselors [MeSH Descriptor]
- Guidance [LOINC component]
- Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt [MedDRA LLT]
- Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt [LOINC part]
- Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (morphologic abnormality) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- counseling [MeSH Descriptor]
- portasystemic shunt, transjugular intrahepatic [MeSH Descriptor]
- tip [UBERON concept]
- transjugular intrahepatic portal-systemic shunt [Radlex concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- portasystemic shunt, transjugular intrahepatic [MeSH Descriptor]
- portasystemic shunt, transjugular intrahepatic [MeSH concept]

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